After battling for weeks on the Winter Line, the 1st SSF was moved to bolster the Anzio beachhead. A night patrol, with soldiers’ faces blackened, is being briefed behind an Italian haystack before moving out, April 20, 1944.
After battling for weeks on the Winter Line, the 1st SSF was moved to bolster the Anzio beachhead. A night patrol, with soldiers’ faces blackened, is being briefed behind an Italian haystack before moving out, April 20, 1944.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
Is that the barrel of a Johnson Light MG pointing out from the left side of the Plt Ldr? Oops, I failed to see the one next the other showing its underside.
Der Schwarze Teufeln
I guess this makes me a speech Nazi but I believe it's “Die Schwartzen Teufel”.
Last edited by eb in oregon; 04-30-2024 at 01:40 PM.
"You are what you do when it counts."
Die schwarzen Teufel… please
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
I'll have to defer to the German speakers here. Other than knowing how to order beer and sausage and making our annual feuerzangenbowle at Christmas I know very little German.
When you need me…
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
Danke schön!